Ellis Rimmer Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 35 minutes ago, SiJ said: Apparently, old Ellis back in 2002 or what have you scoffed at the idea of Barcelona signing David Beckham (as in, they weren't big enough to sign him or something). Yeh he seemed well out of their league in terms of stature. I don't know why people are getting so eaten up by that comment, the landscape of football changes over the years. The point was that in terms of stature only Real Madrid seem to stay up towards the top. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FattyOwl72 Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 Which has shown to be usual Ellis bullshit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 On 17/12/2021 at 10:32, Ellis Rimmer said: Yeh he seemed well out of their league in terms of stature. I don't know why people are getting so eaten up by that comment, the landscape of football changes over the years. The point was that in terms of stature only Real Madrid seem to stay up towards the top. Beckham too big for Barcelona? Really? Not having that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellis Rimmer Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 9 minutes ago, SiJ said: Beckham too big for Barcelona? Really? Not having that. Yeh it was when they had a new president coming in who was making big claims to get fans onto his side, they hadn’t won the league or cup for a few years. Don’t forget that Madrid took Figo of off them in early 2000s. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 1 minute ago, Ellis Rimmer said: Yeh it was when they had a new president coming in who was making big claims to get fans onto his side, they hadn’t won the league or cup for a few years. Don’t forget that Madrid took Figo of off them in early 2000s. I know that, but they are still Barcelona. Who knows, perhaps at that point they weren't quite at the level where they could attract a Beckham. This was around the time where they seemed to be saddled with quite a few dutch players, some of whom weren't particularly good. Needless to say, I think they got the better deal with Ronaldinho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellis Rimmer Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 6 minutes ago, SiJ said: I know that, but they are still Barcelona. Who knows, perhaps at that point they weren't quite at the level where they could attract a Beckham. This was around the time where they seemed to be saddled with quite a few dutch players, some of whom weren't particularly good. Needless to say, I think they got the better deal with Ronaldinho. It’s like AC Milan going in for Sterling or something, obviously a huge club but right now not at that level which is what I meant, however I did point out probably only Madrid stay at that stature https://amp.theguardian.com/football/2003/jun/11/newsstory.sport1 here is an article from the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 Yeah, fair enough. Agree that Real still remain that one club who can seemingly attract anyone. Strongly suspect they'll be a proper force in Europe in a few seasons. Mbappe may well end up joining them in the summer and I'm also interested to see what happens with Mo Salah's contract situation at Liverpool. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellis Rimmer Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 10 minutes ago, SiJ said: Yeah, fair enough. Agree that Real still remain that one club who can seemingly attract anyone. Strongly suspect they'll be a proper force in Europe in a few seasons. Mbappe may well end up joining them in the summer and I'm also interested to see what happens with Mo Salah's contract situation at Liverpool. I'd be gutted if we lost Salah from England Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 Just now, Ellis Rimmer said: I'd be gutted if we lost Salah from England Same. Never nice to see the top players leave, particularly when they're arguably the best player in the world. Seen it happen too often in the past where the top player in the PL ends up moving to La Liga - Henry, Ronaldo, Suarez and so forth. At the end of the day, Real Madrid And Barca (less so at the moment), are the ultimate glamour clubs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellis Rimmer Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 Just now, SiJ said: Same. Never nice to see the top players leave, particularly when they're arguably the best player in the world. Seen it happen too often in the past where the top player in the PL ends up moving to La Liga - Henry, Ronaldo, Suarez and so forth. At the end of the day, Real Madrid And Barca (less so at the moment), are the ultimate glamour clubs. Yeh I think there are possibly a few reasons as to why we struggle to keep the top top players, or don't sign the very best, I always think weather is a big part of it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ever the pessimist Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 52 minutes ago, Ellis Rimmer said: Yeh I think there are possibly a few reasons as to why we struggle to keep the top top players, or don't sign the very best, I always think weather is a big part of it Yeah, plus if the top players are South American, their goal is usually one of the big Spanish clubs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helmut_rooster Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 3 hours ago, Ellis Rimmer said: I'd be gutted if we lost Salah from England Would be delighted if Liverpool lost him though 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveyboy66 Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 I remember taking one of our kids who was a blade to the Camp Nu...on camera when we in the Barca dressing room I said " We were ahead in our European second leg with Barca...do you ever think you'll be here " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mad Mik Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 We're in league one and idiots on here are laughing at Barcelona's fall from grace.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted December 28, 2021 Share Posted December 28, 2021 3 minutes ago, Mad Mik said: We're in league one and idiots on here are laughing at Barcelona's fall from grace.... Think you're the only idiot. It's a thread commenting on the recent decline of Barcelona not laughing at them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mad Mik Posted December 29, 2021 Share Posted December 29, 2021 17 minutes ago, SiJ said: Think you're the only idiot. It's a thread commenting on the recent decline of Barcelona not laughing at them. Some are some are not , so that's me ,you and a few others , isn't it an idiot who replied to an idiot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopparberg Posted February 25, 2022 Author Share Posted February 25, 2022 Barca seem to be having a bit of a resurgence in terms of spirit… getting a goal scorer in like Aubameyang looks like a good move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanharper Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 4-0 up in the Bernabeu at the moment. They're improving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beswetherick Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 Xavi’s made a good start there, imagine they’ll be challenging for La Liga/CL again next season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyline Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 10 hours ago, beswetherick said: Xavi’s made a good start there, imagine they’ll be challenging for La Liga/CL again next season Depends what funds he will have available. He started a little shakey but the Auba signing has revived them. He fell off at Arsenal but he's a quality player and a massive improvement from the likes of De Jong and Braithwaite. Dembele has started showing his quality recently too, but he's out of contract at the end of the season and refused to sign a new deal. This little revival might make him change his mind, but he'll need to take a pay cut I think. Not many teams will be willing to give him what Barca currently pay him anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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